JAGDA International Student Poster Award was established with the aim to discover and acknowledge outstanding young talents from across the world and to promote the further advancement of graphic design.

Posters allow ideas to be freely expressed through the rich mixture of graphics and texts, giving them the instantaneous power to move the viewers’ hearts and create visual communications that go beyond nations and regions.

The theme for 2023 is “Share”.

Works must be a poster in B1 size (width 728mm x height 1,030mm, portrait orientation only) produced between August 2022 and July 2023. In addition to works produced for this award, school assignments, graduation projects and works submitted to other awards are also accepted.

Entry fee is 1,000 Yen (approx. 7 USD) per poster.

Eligibility

Applicants must be current students enrolled in high school, technical college, specialized training college, university or graduate school as of 1 January, 2023. Applicants of all nationalities and all ages are welcome to apply. Applications from teams are not accepted (individuals only).

Prize

Approximately 200 works will be selected and the following prizes will be awarded: Grand Prix, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Jury Prize. Also, all Winning and Selected Works will be exhibited at the National Art Center, Tokyo and will be published in the official catalog.